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Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 33745

A procedure done through a thin tube threaded into the heart from a blood vessel, in which an opening between heart chambers is created or widened and held open with a small mesh stent. It is used for heart conditions present from birth, to let blood mix or to relieve pressure in a chamber without opening the chest.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Procedure To Open A Passage In The Heart cost?

$1,413

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,202$1,122 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$3,802 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $1,202

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,370.32
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,589.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,585.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$1,413

CA $10,233KY $1,175

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.